Self-heating sad-iron



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SELF HEATING SAD IRON.-

No. 345,123. Patented July 6, 1886 I WTYZWESSES J V 4 Zi/IJWWTOR; L2,, 06, MM I m W N. PETERS. PmmLnhn nhu. Walhingtnn. lie.

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CHARLES S. DANA AND DAVID FURNALL, OF BELPRE, OHIO.

SELF-HEATING SAD-IRON.

SPECIFIOATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,123, dated July 6, 1886.

Application filed February 17, 1880. Serial No. 192,273. (No model.) I

To all wit 0772 it may concern;

Beitknown that we, CHARLES S. DANA and DAVID FURNALL, both residents of Belpre, in the county of WVashington and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Self-Heating Sad-Irons; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of our improved selfheating sad-iron. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line at m, Fig. 2.

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Our invention has relation to so-ealled selfheating sad-irons, or irons in which a flame within the hollow iron heats the same; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates theiron,which is of any desired shape and size, and which consists of the faces B B and the perforated sides 0, the perforations D in which admitair into theinterior of theiron. The forward end of the iron is formed with a trunnion, E, which revolves in a perforation, F, in thelowerend of an upright,G, and ahandle, H, is pivoted to the outer end of this trunnion, swinging in a plane at right angles to the planes of the faces of the iron. The forward side of the upright isformed with a longitudinal groove, I, within which the handle may rest, and with outwardly projecting springlips J J, between which the handle may be held, the lips projecting at the sides of the groove. The upper end ot'the uprightis formed with a head, K,which is formed with a recess. L, in its rear side, in which recess the forward end of the hollow handle M fits, being held in the said recessbymeansof ascrew, N,orsimilar means. The hollow handle serves as a reservoir for the fluid fuel which is burned in the iron, and is provided with an apertu re, 0, upon the upper side of its forward end, through which it may be filled, and which aperture is iron.

through the aperture covered by the cap on removal of the same, the said wick being indicated at T, and the forward end of the hollow trunnion isprovided with a cap,U, which slides upon the said end and which may coveror uncover more orless of the wick, so as to admit of a larger orsmaller flameto be bu rned within the A wire or small rod ,V, is seen red to the cap and slides in a longitudinal grooveflV, in the side of the trunnion, having its rear end bent to form a handle, X, by means of which it may be manipulated, and the portion of the trunnion which turnsin thebearingin the rear side of the iron is preferablyprovided with a sleeve,Y, fitting upon it and turning in the bearing, so that the groove and the rod will not in any man net-interfere with the free turning of thciron upon the trunnion. When the hollow handle is filled with fluid fuelalcohol, or any other suitable fluid fuel-the said fluid will pass down through thehollow upright and into the hollow trunnion,whcre it will saturate the wick, and this wick may be ignited by unfastening the hollow handle from the upper end of the forward upright and drawing the hollow trunnion out of the iron. After the wick is ignited and the trunnion again'inserted, the handle may be secured to the upright and the flame will heat the upwardly-facing side of theiron, the perforated sides admitting air to the flame. After the upper face has been heated, the handle may bcjtilted out from its groove and from out between the lips, the

iron turned by means of the handle, and the handle again turned up, when it will retain the heated face downward for use,while the other face will now be heated. In this manner the iron may be reversed when one face is cold, the upper face being heated continually, and the flame may be regulated to any desired size, so as to heat the iron to any desired degree.

If desired, the burner maybe constructed so as to burn hydrocarbon,when the sliding rod is attached to a valve of suitable construction, which will regulate the flow of hydrocarbon to the generator and burner. The handle resting in the groove upon the forward upright will hold the reversible iron perfectly firm, preventing it from rocking upon its trunnions, so that the handle of the iron and the iron will be perfectly rigidly connected, and the handle of the trunnion will be held in place by the spring-lips, preventing it from tilting out and thus allowing the iron to rock.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination of a reversible hollow sad-iron having an upright pivotally secured at its front end, and a hollowhandle pivotally secured at its rear end by means of a hollow trunnion, said handle being detachably secured to said upright,a movable cap or sleeve upon the inner end of said trunnion, a wire secured to said cap andhaving its rear end formed into a handle, and means for securing said iron in its desired position.

2. The combination of a reversible hollow sad-iron having its sides and rear end perfo rated, and having a trunnion at its front end, an upright pivdtally secured upon said trunnion, a hollow handle pivotally secured to the rear end of said iron by means of a trunnion and to said upright, said trunnionhaving a groove upon its side, a cap upon the inner end of said trunnion,a wire secured thereto and fitting within said groove, a collar or sleeve around said trunnion within one of the perforations in the rear end of said iron,and means for securing said iron in its desired position.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto afiixed our signaturesin presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. DANA. DAVID FURNALL.

WVitnesses:

DAVID R. R001), PRISCILLA D. E0013. 

